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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 13
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    Starting to think there’s an outside chance this could snowball to much worse than Spanish flu due to immune attack capability... we’ve been operating under baseless assumption that this can’t be worse than 1918, but that ignores fact that there’s more that can go wrong in 2020

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 13
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        Icymi https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1249805713544634368?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1249805713544634368 …

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        this just gets better and better https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3079443/coronavirus-could-target-immune-system-targeting-protective …
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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 13
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        But in general... we have more ways things could go wrong as 2nd/3rd order effects - nuclear war - grid failure (1918 was barely electrified) - lots more complex tech systems dependent on the knowledge of critical architects with weak succession planning

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      2. Nataniel Ruiz‏ @natanielruizg Apr 13
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        What do you mean by immune attack?

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        https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1249805713544634368?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1249805713544634368 …

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        this just gets better and better https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3079443/coronavirus-could-target-immune-system-targeting-protective …
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        The low immuno response from some that then leads to re-inflection, hints at vaccines will that takes longer for the medical community to develope.

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      2. phil jones (he/him - ele)‏ @interstar Apr 13
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        Who was under the baseless assumption that this couldn't be worse than 1918? Not me. I'm just doing the math. Take any country, assume 80% infection. Assume 1-2% infected die. What does that give you?

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      1. Vijayashankar  💙‏ @vjshankar Apr 13
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        Why are you not working with @PMOIndia ?

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        Well they didn’t have jet planes then

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